Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11
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District court VIII meet here June
9Th.
Woodward & Conlisk have a new
awning.
Maj. Wilson has gone to Comanche
county.
Prairie,ho are making: their ap.
pearance.
r. NJ. Sparks was in Missouri most
of last week.
The water-pOwer company is getting
ready for work.
Baby carriages at Higgins, of every
variety and price. so
The shorthand class meets Monday
and Friday evenings.
DR.. Davis is up from a weeks sick.
ness, from blood poison.
Mrs. L. f. Hubbard will start to
Great Bend to-day on visit.
Riley Lake now runs stage line be.
tween Sun City and Cullison.
Mrs. Rouse is expected home from
California in few weeks.
The farmers are too busy to come to
town, except on important business.
The Willing Workers are requested
to meet at the church next Monday af-
ternoon.
The present council chamber has
been rented by the city for another
year.
A number of fishing and picnic ex-
cursions are contemplated in the next
few weeks.
Some of our young folks are thinking
of presenting a play, several weeks
from now.
The members of the NJ. E. church
will meet for the election of trustees
Wednesday evening, May Is, 8 o'clock.
a light rain Monday evening, and a
sprinkle Tuesday morning, cooled the
atmosphere to very pleasant temper
allure.
ID. VanSlyke says if the city and the
business men will agree to take lights,
he will have his electric plant ready for
work in few weeks.
1t was reported here the other day
that Col. Colcord had made $4,000
specializing in Wichita real estate with
in the past few months.
May 4th Judge Hardy performed the
marriage ceremony for Sam1 T.. Tar
rant and Miss Lillian E. Wilson, both
of Elm Mills, at his Office in this city.
Z. j. Smith, who has, for several
months past, been working for r. NJ.
Sparks, left yesterday for Lamar, Colo
RADIO, where he thinks he will make his
future home.
A committee of councilmen, compos-
ed or Messrs. Thompson, Freeman and
Schmidt, has been appointed to inves-
tigate the cost to other cities of cleo
trio lights.
Mrs. Ira d. Maxon who lives near Lo-
di, sustained the fracture of two ribs a
week ago, by falling from fence; but
under the treatment of DR.. Davis she
is fast recovering.
The annual children's day of the
NJ. L. church in the United States will
be the second day of June. The NJ. Z.
Sabbath school at this place will COM
memmOrate that day.
1. F. Shannon this week traded his
stock farm near Deerhead for the elm
ton Mead farm, north of Deerhead, one
of the oldest and best claims in the
western part of the county.
The Ladies' Aid society, of the Nj. E.
church desires to thank the public for
their liberal patronage, also Mr.. burst
for use of his building at their crazy
supper. MRS. A. NJ. HOUCHIN, Sec.
The Willing Workers of the Chris
tain church will give good supper in
the Sherlock Il Mills building next
Wednesday evening, May 18th. Straw
berries and cream will be furnished if
the fruit can be secured.
1t was suggested yesterday by DR..
Gillette that 100 men could be found in
this city who would willingly give SIS
each to pay for boring for coal, gas
and oil. He will be one of the 100,
and who will be other 90?
Jas. a. Blair and o. c. Ewart start
ed Friday for COldwater, Ashland and
Meade Center. to look after their bank
interests. The First National bank at
Meade Center was started last week,
and these gentlemen each own stock
in it.
Any one desiring good location for
Touring mill should come to Medicine
Lodge. And in this connection, it may
be stated that our people have no time
to spend on men wanting big bonus.
A mill will pay here from the day it
is started.
Lamar (Col.) Sparks "Wm. Bartels,
an attorney of Medicine Lodge, Kan
sas, is in our city, he will probably To-
cate here for the practice Of law" Can
it be that this refers to our own Bartels
first Herman Bartels and then Ii. w.
Bartels Esq?
Has the thought ever entered the
heads of our lot owners and speculat-
ors that good many people are leav
ing here? Rents are coming down;
yet there are more vacant houses than
we would like to see. Do they know
the reason for this?
One of the most successful farmers
in Barber county, whose place is seven
miles southeast of this place, this week
told us that an offer of $50 per acre
would not induce him to sell out and
leave this county. He has one Of the
finest orchards IN the county.
Eli Smith is talking of plating 40
acres of his home place and selling the